Changing Family Size in England and Wales - Place, Class and Demography, 1891-1911

Klappentext An analysis of the decline of infant mortality and fertility in Britain! 1891 1911. Zusammenfassung This important new study uses demographic! historical and geographical techniques to explore the declines in both infant mortality and in fertility in England and Wales between 1891 and 1911. The book's sometimes surprising conclusions will be of interest to all historians of Britain and of demography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Locations for study; 3. Studying locations; 4. Infant and child mortality from the 1911 census; 5. Fertility and fertility behaviour 1891-1911; 6. The national picture; 7. Class, place and demography: the mosaic of demographic change in England and Wales from Waterloo to the Great War; Appendices; References; Index.

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• Authors: Eilidh Garrett, Eilidh (University of Cambridge) Reid Garrett, Eilidh Reid Garrett, Alice Reid, Kevin Schurer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521026673
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02667-3
• No. of pages: 556
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Populatio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology